BIRTHDAY FAIL?

The m and m's and reese's poured out of a collapsing cake. No one complained, but looks less professional, and more pinterest fail! Tasted great though.

Every year I end up doing something special for my daughter's birthday. I always tell myself to keep it simple, but I never really mean it. It is just too much fun to something different, even if means a late night!

This year, the party was simpler than some. Her party consisted of her three BFFs and the only sister of one of them, also a dear friend. We went back to the Ecomuseum, so there was an activity as well as a clean room to start and end with. I had done well this year, planning snacks ahead, and making sugar cookies in advance to freeze in the shapes of animals. The cakes had been made and there was just the pizza dough and decorating to do, so I had gotten up the day of the party to finish things off. The pizza dough was rising, the mozza was grated, and the cakes were cooled. That's when I made a mistake. I had gotten the idea to make a surprise cake for Rebecca filled with mini-Reese's Peanut Butter cups, inspired by a Nerdy Nummies surprise cake. I was finding cutting the centres easiest to do one after another, until I was done, and stacking. Then I realized my error. I needed to leave the last cake whole! Now I had a cake full of reese's mini PB cups, but the divot on the top just kept sinking down. So I filled it with some leftover green m and m's until it sat precariously, and covered it with all the icing leftover, which was enough for a crumb coat, but not enough for a proper looking cake! Next time I make the Wilton layered cake, I will buy one cake mix and two frosting containers! Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker Vanilla worked well, but the yellow generic icing was too soft, so this is one of those instances where I would pay for branding or keep more icing sugar on hand! 

Happy 11th birthday, sweet pea!

Just before birthday wishes!